West show "too hardcore" for HBO

Kanye West's proposed comedy series is "too hardcore" for HBO, the show's director Larry Charles has said.

Charles, who has helmed episodes of hit Larry David comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, told Coming Soon that the cable network balked at green lighting a series after they saw the pilot.

"What Kanye West said to me the first time [we met], he said, 'I'm the black Larry David.' That's the first thing he said to me. So it's like a Kanye and Curb show, it's kind of improvised about the situations [in his life]. It was really good, but again I think it was too hardcore for HBO.

"Also, HBO's management shifted, but HBO doesn't have a good track record when it comes to black shows and I felt like that may have had something to do with it also."

Though Charles claimed that his pilot garnered positive feedback, he admitted that it would probably never see the light of day: "This was very entertaining and we showed it to a lot of people. People gave it a very good response and it seems to be on the shelf right now."